Display-rack.



PATENTED MAR. '7, 1905.

A. RHOADS.

DISPLAY RACK.

APPLIQATION FILED MAY 14, 1904.

Attorneys UNITED STATES Patented. March '7, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

DISPLAY-RACK- SPECIFICATIONforming' part of Letters Patent No. 784,070,dated March '7, 1905.

Application filed May 14, 1904. Serial No. 207,964.

To all 1071/0112 it near/y concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR RHOADS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ooylc, in the county of Logan and Territory of Oklahoma,have invented a new and useful Display- Rack, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to display-racks such as are employed for theexhibition of hosiery and the like.

The objects of the invention are to improve and simplify theconstruction of such racks and to render them less expensive tomanufacture.

Vith these objects in view the invention resides in the particularcombination of parts and in the precise details of constructionhereinafter described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improveddisplay-rack. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective of one of the rings. Fig. 3is a detail perspective of the ticket-holder.

The display-rack comprises a supportingbar 1, to which are attachedticket-holders 2 2 2, each holder preferably comprising two flat plates,which are clamped closely together and to the supporting-bar by means ofbolts or rivets 3 3. The ticket-holders are intended to receive ticketsor labels stating the price, name, and quality of the goods on display.Passing loosely through a perforation in the supporting-bar 1 is a shankor hanger 4, which is formed by welding or binding together the wires 55 5, the latter forming supportingarms for a display ring or frame 7.Upon the upper end of the shank or hanger 4 is screwed or attached inany other suitable manner a nut 6,-which rests upon the upper surface ofthe supporting-bar and prevents the shank from being pulledtherethrough, at the same time permitting said shank to revolve freelyin the supporting-bar. The lower ends of the wires or arms 5 5 5 arebolted to the ring or frame 7, which is provided with internalcross-pieces or braces 8 9, having slots at their center, so that theyinterlock closely and permit each other to pass.

Attached to the ring 7 and to the crosspieces 8 9 are brackets 10, whichare bent at their lower ends, as shown at 11. For clearness ofillustration the brackets 10 are shown in the drawings as attached onlyto crosspiece 9; but it is of course understood that said brackets 10are attached to both crosspieces and to the ring when the device -is inuse. Pivotally connected to the bent portions 11 of the brackets 10 arethe bent upper portions 12 of clasps 13, the jaws 14 of which aresmooth, as shown, to prevent the abrasion of the stocking or otherarticle clamped therebetween when it is pulled down by a salesman. a

It will be understood that any number of rings 7 may be suspended fromthe supportingbar 1, one of the ticket-holders 2 being located adjacentto each ring upon said bar.

The method of using the improved device will be apparent. The stockingsor other articles to be exhibited are held by the clasps 13 and arepulled down by the salesman as desired without disturbing the otherarticles or lowering the supporting-bar. By reason of the fact that eachclasp is pivotally mounted upon its supporting-brackets the hosiery canbe turned with its edges out, thereby enabling a large quantity ofhosiery to be suspended from a single ring.

The device of the invention is strong, durable, simple, and inexpensivein construction. In its precise details of construction and particulararrangement of parts it presents an improvement over the prior art.

I claim-- 1. A display-rack comprising a bar, a ticketholder securedthereto, a hanger swiveled in the bar and provided with a plurality ofdepending supporting-arms, a display-frame secured to thesupporting-arms, braces extending transversely across said frame, andsuspension devices carried by the frame.

2. A display-rack comprising a bar, a plurality of ticket-holderssecured thereto, hangers provided with terminal threaded portionspassing loosely through the bar adjacent the In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as ticket-holders and having their opposite ends my oWn 1have hereto affixed my signature in 10 provided with dependingsupporting-arms, the presence of two Witnesses.

display-frames secured to said arms, braces 5 extending transverselyacross the display- ARTHUR RHOADb' frames, clasps pivotally secured tosaid frames, Witnesses:

and nuts engaging the threaded ends of the N. WV. FIsH,

hangers. F. W. RATTERMAN.

